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Section: Demographics
Sports
Six HBCUs Awarded NCAA Academic Support Funds
Historically Black schools receive significant share of more than $4 million awarded to low-resource Division I institutions by the NCAA for helping student-athletes improve academic performance.
July 30, 2015
Faculty & Staff
DAVID GOMEZ
DAVID GOMEZ has been named president of Hostos Community College of the City University of New York. He was interim president of Hostos Community College. Gomez earned a bachelorâs from the University of Albany, State University of New York, and a masterâs and a doctorate from Columbia University.
July 30, 2015
Leadership & Policy
ANTHONY L. HOLLOMAN
ANTHONY L. HOLLOMAN has been named vice president for institutional advancement of Jackson State University. He was vice president for institutional advancement at Stillman College. He earned a bachelorâs from Johnson C. Smith University and a masterâs from the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama.
July 30, 2015
Students
Deal Makes College Possible for Major League Soccer Players
Major League Soccer is striking a multiyear deal with Southern New Hampshire University that will provide full scholarships for players and internship opportunities for the schoolâs students.
July 30, 2015
African-American
Women Studies, Gender Studies Facing Roadblocks at HBCUs
Prominent scholars in womenâs and gender studies face challenges in increasing its presence on HBCU campuses.
July 28, 2015
Latinx
Education Cuts May Be a Solution to Puerto Rico Debt Crisis
To solve Puerto Ricoâs debt crisis, cut spending on education and sell off government real estate, said a report commissioned by 34 hedge funds that own a large percentage of the commonwealthâs bonds.
July 28, 2015
Students
Charleston Tragedy Inspires S.C. Diversity Programs
Duke Energy and its employees support new diversity initiatives led by Furman Universityâs Riley Institute in the wake of the fatal June 17 shootings at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston.
July 28, 2015
African-American
Former Spanish Teacher in Leading Role in the FBI
As a schoolteacher in the late 1980s, Diego Rodriguez applied to join the FBI, but when it called hoping to recruit a Spanish speaker as part of a diversity drive, his response was, âIâm really happy teaching. Thanks, but no thanks.â
July 28, 2015
Disabilties
ADA at 25: Making Life Accessible
Five days before he was to start college, Fred Maahsâ world turned upside down.
July 28, 2015
African-American
In Tech Boom, Oldest Chinatown in U.S. Is âLast Frontierâ
For a century and a half, San Franciscoâs Chinatown, the nationâs oldest, has sheltered waves of immigrants. Itâs the birthplace of Chinese America, and to some extent, the broader Asian America.
July 28, 2015
Faculty & Staff
LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR.
LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR. has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of La Verne, effective August 10. He was a professor and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University. He earned a bachelorâs from Stillman College, and a masterâs and a doctorate from the University of Missouri.
July 28, 2015
African-American
NADER TEHRANI
NADER TEHRANI has been named dean of the School of Architecture at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He was a professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tehrani earned bachelorâs degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and a masterâs from Harvard University.
July 28, 2015
Disabilties
Marshallâs Handling of American Indian Remains Investigated
Marshall Universityâs handling of American Indian remains is under investigation by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
July 27, 2015
African-American
Black Students Lagging in College Readiness Despite Taking Prep Courses
Even when African-American students complete the recommended âcore or moreâ college readiness courses in high school, they still donât meet the âcollege readinessâ benchmarks on the ACT at the same rate as other students, according to a new report released jointly Monday by ACT and UNCF.
July 27, 2015
African-American
Remembering Dr. George E. Cooper
When I met Dr. Cooper in September 2013, he had just been named Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
July 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
DANIELLE CONWAY
DANIELLE CONWAY has been appointed a professor and dean of the University of Maine School of Law. She was the Michael J. Marks Distinguished Professor of Business Law and director of the Hawaiâi Procurement Institute at the University of Hawaiâi at MÄnoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Conway earned a bachelorâs from New York University, a juris doctor from Howard University and a masterâs from The George Washington School of Law.
July 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
CARLOS PATO
CARLOS PATO has been appointed dean of the College of Medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He was Franz Alexander Professor of Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences and chair of the psychiatry department at the University of Southern California. Pato earned a bachelorâs from Brown University and an M.D. from the University of Cincinnati.
July 27, 2015
Students
U. of Richmond Suspends Fraternity for Policy Violations
Sigma Alpha Epsilonâs chapter at the University of Richmond has been indefinitely suspended for violating the schoolâs policies.
July 26, 2015
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